Least Favorite National TV Ads

[LikaNui]

Re: Local TV Ads You Don't Like

What do you folks think of Quiznos "Baby Bob" mascot?

Love it! But I loved the SpongeMonkeys too. Whenever they came on, they were just so bizarre that you could not take your eyes off of them.
And of course that's what any advertiser wants.
There are so many other ads out there now that seem to do nothing more than show how creative the ad agency is instead of marketing the product. Some of these spots will go 20 or 25 seconds before you ever find out who or what the ad is for. Wasted money, in my book.

[Pomai]

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You mean the Spongmonkeys? Or were these "singing rats" some other musical Quizno's critters I missed?

Yup. The crooked-toothed sombrero-wearing, guitar-strumming "SpongeMonkeys" singing, "We love dee subs.. dee Quiznos Subs... Bring in any coupon.. and get a dollar off".

I actually loved those commercials.. thought it was a riot! Unfortunately (for Quiznos) a good part of the American public didn't. And reflected that by NOT eating there.

Ate at Quiznos only twice.. it's aight. Gotta' admit, the roast beef with Au Jus is tasty. Grew up eating at Subway, so I prefer there.

What do you folks think of Quiznos "Baby Bob" mascot? Love 'em or lose 'em?
I really dig it. The raspy adult voice is perfect.

They just need to work on matching the kid's body language and facial expressions a bit more. It still looks like talking lips plastered on a "still", like they do with celebrity mugs on the Conan OBrien show.

[Glen Miyashiro]

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You mean the Spongmonkeys? Or were these "singing rats" some other musical Quizno's critters I missed?

I thought the Spongmonkeys were great.

We love the suuuuubs!

[lavagal]

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...because of the topic of Quiznos "Singing Rats" commercial. It "revolted and disgusted" the public so much that Quiznos corporation's national gross sales were cut almost in half! :

We LOVED that commercial. My husband downloaded it onto the kids' computer and they'd play it nonstop, and sing it, too. It was ear-blistering! But ya know, I have eaten at Quiznos twice in my life, thanks to a coupon. Who needs that much bread?

I'm from the Philly area in South Jersey. You DO NOT toast a hoagie. No friggin way. Not even a cheese steak. Whatsamatta with those guyz? And then the other abomination: mayo or mustard on a hoagie? Where is my HIT MAN when I need him?

[Fondoo2]

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all drug adds,I mean come on thats just too obvious and they need too shadup having the so called foundations crying give more money for research when big pharma can throw 100's of millions buying T.V. time to market crap drugs to frigging non-MD consumers
Heh you know me I'll get on a evil big-pharma rant with little or no provoking

[mel]

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I know several national ads have already been mentioned here, and I'd probably agree with most of them being "least favorite."

To me what is most irksome are those ad logos and promos they insert on the bottom of the TV screen promoting the next show or some upcoming event or worst a product when the program, movie, TV series or whatever is running. I especially hate the ones that animate themselves causing a distraction from the content that you thought the regular ads were already paying for!

It's already bad enough that the networks themselves have to leave reminder bugs of who they are in the corner of the screens, but those animated bugs take the cake.

Also ruins things if you want to record something to save for later (which I rarely do nowdays because of logo and animation overload).

[Mokihana]

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any one that screams at me. gets um one automatic "Mute".

[kimo55]

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whuddah co-inky dink.
JUST saw the latest of these sappy cliche ridden things.
ugly people doing self concious dance twirl steps....

that saccarine sweet whiney voice guy who started it....
uuuugh!

[tutusue]

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another horrible commercial:
eharmony :
[snip]
depressing thing is; this site stands to make millions.

That's exactly why they roll the dice with national advertising.

[Lalalinder]

Re: TV commericals you hate to watch

i really hate all of the vehix commercials too. they are so tired and annoying.

[tutusue]

Re: TV commericals you hate to watch

Let's use this thread to discuss any non-local TV commericals that you don't like to see.

Okay, I'll bite, Helen!
Lamisil, where the animated 'fungus' lifts up the toe nail and crawls under it. I turn it off everytime. Gross...gross...gross! Notice, tho', that I remember the name of the product. That's all that matters in advertising!

BTW...a belated Happy Birffday!

[helen]

Least Favorite National TV Ads

Let's use this thread to discuss any non-local TV commericals that you don't like to see.

[Miulang]

Re: TV commericals you like to watch

Hate hate hate any and all of the recent www.vehix.com ads.
I'm usually multitasking when I watch TV, so no ad has really caught my eye enough to make me stop whatever else I'm doing to watch it.

Miulang

[DaveNSoKona]

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Anything’s better that those talking rats ala Beavis and Butt-Head, yuck. I have to grudgingly give them points for originality but after the n-th viewing it's just obnoxious.

[LikaNui]

Re: Horrible commercial

How about baby Bob on the Quizno's commercials?
Love 'em!